Now that our media companie... by Joichi Ito, a Japanese Businessman

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“Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy?”

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Name: Joichi Ito

Nationality: Japanese

Date of Birth: Jun 19, 1966

Profession: Businessman

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